The Universe of 3D Cellular Automata

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Combining 3D cellular automata with 3D printing allows one to crystallize some of the beautiful forms that can be grown using simple rules. This is a great way for designers to produce artistic forms with novel functions. 3D cellular automata can also be used to model a wide range of natural processes.
In cellular automata the states of cells change via local interactions. Conway's game of life is a famous example of a 2D cellular automaton. Wolfram discovered fascinating 1D cellular automata. Comparatively little research has been done on 3D cellular automata, partially because the forms are difficult to vizualize. I created these forms by evolving totalistic 3D cellular automata using mathematica code similar to the Wolfram demonstration below, and then isolating the largest connected component and 3D printing it. Get in touch if you want more details.

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A useful piece of code for evolving these cellular automata is here:

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I feel involved while listening about these types of automata near to.natural growth simple complex structure and also realize the applications in recursive use of such Cellular Autometa with fractions geometry. Good explanation.

dr.aqilburney
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Oh brilliant you printed them😊 fun to play with innit?

osterlaich
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i just subbed not cause of this video, but that you HAD 2, 999 subs, and I wanted to be the 3000th sub xD

saopy
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Anybody interested in using a sophisticated tool for exploring 3D cellular automata should try Golly 3.2 or later. More details here:


Note that you can write scripts (in Lua) to do all sorts of stuff: run searches, build complicated patterns, write out pattern data in a format suitable for 3D printing, etc.

andrewtrevorrow
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I would be kind of afraid of them if they were real, cause one mess up and you've taken up the entire universe.

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Looks like the chassis of weighted cubes in Portal

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holy crap they're bacteriophages!

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